warfarin

The common, dangerous, life-threatening side effect of Warfarin, the one you need to be worried about with a Warfarin sensitivity, is bleeding.

Choices were metallic valves requiring me to be on warfarin the rest of my life or pig-derived valves.

As expected my mother carried the warfarin gene (the grandma was on her side of the family).

Lost a pet dog that ate a mouse killed when my sister set out a warfarin bait.

The chemical compound is an anti-coagulant with active half-life longer than warfarin and other synthetic 1,3-indandione anticoagulants.[3][4]...

You think anyone ought to be able to buy, for instance, warfarin and freely take it without a doctor’s involvement?

Your doctor may not have been considering that you may have a warfarin sensitivity, the doctor's family history may be incomplete, etc.

Not only are the results questionable, perhaps warfarin is the only good option.

This was interesting because my grandma had a stroke after being given warfarin.

The 23andme result that you may be sensitive to Warfarin is something to mention at the outset of your treatment, and nothing more.

Also, taking a lower than therapeutic dose of Warfarin would not cause an aneurysm, but would be more likely to cause a clot.

There is the issue of side-effects which is why many drugs are prescription only, for example, when using anti-clotting drugs (warfarin), usually requires bloodwork.

I can easily see a layperson reading that, and thinking "warfarin sensitivity"?

Holy shit, they killed my grandmother by giving her too much of a medicine that she's sensitive to!" All warfarin sensitivity actually means, though, as far as I understand it, is that you're likely to need a lower dose than the average patient.

I was put on no less than eight medications, the scariest of which was Coumadin (same as Warfarin, I think?) -- scary because they made me watch a video describing it, by which I mean "You follow these instructions to the letter or you gonna die, son." At least that's what it felt like.

High does Turmeric and Ginger work so well as anti-inflammatories and blood thinners they are contra-indicated if a person is taking blood thinners / blood pressure medication, eg Warfarin.

As for the right dosage of Warfarin, there are genetic tests that allow to make a better initial guess at least in some cases.

Warfarin doesn't cause strokes, or if it does, it does so as a crazy and crazy unlikely side-effect in a vanishingly small number of patients.